Chair support



F. E. HUNTER ET AL CHAIR SUPPORT Oct. 11,1927. 4 1,644,924 7 Filed Aug. 26. 1925 Sheets-Sheet 1 1,644,924 1927f F. E. HUNTER E AL CHAIR SUPPORT Filed Au .26, 19,25 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 2-2 gnvantm .ElZHu/zl'er 012 1 E L MMPW' Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

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Application filed August 26, 1925; Serial No. 552,668.

This invention aims to provide novel means for reinforcing the legs of a chair; so that the legs will not spread.

It is Wltllllilille province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains,

Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a chair which has been reinforced by a device of the kind hereinafter described, parts being broken away; Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectional view looking upwardly at the bottom of the chair; Figure 4 is a plan view showing one of the connections; Figure 5 is a sectional detail of the structure shown in Figure 1; Figure 6 is a section showing one of the saddles on the brace; Figure 7 is a plan of the parts delineated in Figure 6; Figure 8 is a section taken about on the line 8 8 of Figure 6; Figure 9 is a plan showing one of the connectors.

The numeral 1 marks a chair comprising a seat 2 and legs 3-3 and 4-4. The legs 33 are connected by a brace 5, and the legs k4: are similarly connected. The braces 5 extend inwardly, as shown in Figure 3. Any suitable means may be provided for joining the ends of the braces 5 to the legs 4, As shown, the braces 5 are formed into loops 6 engaged about the legs 3. Clamp strips 7 are disposed transversely of the braces 5, near to the legs 3-3 and el4- and hold the arms 8 of the loops 6 against the body portions of the braces 5, the ends 9 of the clamp strips 7 being bent down on the arms 8 of the loops 6, and the extremities of the loops being reversely bent, as at 10, so as to overlie the ends 9 of the loops 6.

Curved saddles 11 are provided and are su plied in their inner surface with longituc inal grooves 12 receiving the intermediate portions of the braces 5. On their outer surfaces, the saddles 11 have transverse seats 1A. Openings 15 are formed in the saddles 11 and communicate with the seats 14. The braces 5 have openings 16 which register with the openings 15 in tliesa'ddles 11; Through the registering openings 15 and 16 is extended the bolt 17 of a tightening device, the nut 18 on the bolt 17 being held against rotation in the seat 14 of one of the saddles 11, so that when a screw driver is placed in the kerf 19 of the bolt 17, the tightening device may be made effective to draw the intermediate portions of the braces 5 toward each other.

Anchors 20, such as screws and washers,

are mounted in the lower surface of the seat 2 of the chair 1. Triangular connections 22 are supplied, opposite arms of the connectors having inwardly extended hooks 22 which cooperate to form an eye, the eyes of the connections receiving the anchors 20. The numeral 23 designates a tie. The ends of the tie 23 are joined at 24: to the connectors 21, the means for connecting the ends of the tie 23 with the members 21 being of the form hereinbefore described and shown in Figures 4: and 5. The intermediate portion of the tie 23 engages the bolt 17 of the tightening device between the saddles 11 and in spaced relation to the saddles, as Figure 3 will clearly show.

The braces 5 and the tie 23 are made'of flexible material, preferably metal straps. Owing to the provision of the saddles 11, the tightening device is given a strong hold on the braces 5, and the braces may be drawn up until they are very tight. The tie 23 aids in promoting the rigidity ofthe structure, and the device, considered as a whole, will prevent the legs 4 of the chair 1 from spreading.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a chair comprising a seat and legs, inwardly extended braces having their ends joined to the legs, saddles having grooves receiving the intermediate portions of the braces, an adjustable tightening device connecting the intermediate portions of the braces, the tightening device passing through the saddles, and including a rotatable element, one saddle having a seat which holds therrotatable element of the tightening device against turning and a downwardly extended tie disposed approximately at right angles to the tightening device, the intermediate portion of the tie being engaged with the tightening device and the ends of the tie being mounted on the seat, the tie being formed of a single length of material, and each brace being formed ofa single length of material.

2. In a device of the class described, a

chair comprising a seat and legs, inwardly extended braces having their ends joined to the legs, saddles receiving the intermediate at right angles to the tightening device, the

intermediate portion of the tie being engaged with the tightening device between the saddles and in spaced relation to the saddles, the ends of the tie being mounted on the seat, the tie being formed from a single length of material, and each brace being formed from a singlelength of material.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto affixed our signatures.

FRANK E. HUNTER. HAROLD L. HOOPER. v 

